CHAPTER 66. _Marcus Antonius_, _Cnaeus Carbo_, &c. Of these _causes

celebres_ nothing is known worthy of mention here. Apuleius errs in saying that Mucius accused Albucius. As a matter of fact Albucius accused Mucius on the ground of extortion. Cp. Cic. Brut. 26. 102. For the suit between Metellus and Curio cp. Ascon. in Cornel. 63. Cnaeus Norbanus should probably be Caius Norbanus, and Caius Furius, Lucius Fufius. Cp. Cic. de Off. ii. 14. 49, de Or. ii. 21. 89, and Cic. Brut. 62. 222, de Off. ii. 14. 50.

to be found in the Florida.

gold ring (_ius anuli aurei_) was no more than a sign of free birth, and the only privilege conferred was that of obtaining office. See _Anulus_, Dict. Ant.

been replaced on the Roman stage by the _saltica fabula_, in which the _pantomimus_ executed a mimetic dance illustrating a libretto sung by a chorus.